Improvement in trace-fasteners



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Trasse-Fasteners. l No.157111, Patented Novl 24,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE RILEY WHITING, 0E BEEEA, oHIo.

IMPRVEMENT IN TI'RACELFASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,111, dated November 24,1874; application led August 19, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, RILEY WRITING, of Berea, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Whifietree End, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to certain improvements in whitletree ends; and consists of a coupling for securing the end of, or the cockeye on the end of, a harness-tug to the whifiietree, the said coupling consisting of a loop or'eye formed on the whifdetree end, and having a pin pivoted at one side, and lying across said loop for holding the tug or cockeye in said loop. The pin is held down and kept from rattling by means of a spring underneath the rear end, just back of the pivot.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying drawing, in vIhich- -Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, ot' my aforesaid device. A represents the ferrule portion of a whiffletree end, by which it is secured to the end of the whiffletree. B is a loop orveye formed on the end through which the cockeye passes. C is a pin pivoted in a chamber formed for that purpose, the outer end lying in a recess in the opposite side of the loop. The rear end of the pin C has a shoulder, under which is placed a spring, D, the upper side of the pin having a projection, E, by which it may be held up by the thumb or linger of one hand while the tug is being uncoupled with the other.

In order to .couple the tug to the whifdetree it is only necessary to push the cockeye through the loop which lifts the pin, and when the cockeye is in far enough, the piu ies down in place by the force of the spring, as represented in dotted lines in Fig. 2. This makes a permanent coupling fork attaching tugs to whifletrees. The tug cannot become detached by any means except by the use of two hands, will not rattle out, and is readily and quickly operated. It is strong and durable, and is equally applicable to the ends of neck-yokes, and may, by changing the form a little, be applied to holding the check-rein on the saddle-tree, to each and all of which I design applying it.

I am aware that it is not new to make whit'- letree ends or hooks with a loop and springtongue, for holding the tug or trace in position, and I do not claim this, broadly, as my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The whiftletree end, composed of the re cessed ferrule A and loop B, pivoted tongue C, having projection E, and spring D, combined to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

RILEY WHITING. Witnesses:

WILLIAM CLARK, J. F. E. MILLER. 

